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The House last night passed a five-year National Flood Insurance Program extension as part of a larger, controversial bill extending some tax cuts while also seeking budget cuts.

The House last night passed a five-year National Flood Insurance Program extension as part of a larger, controversial bill extending some tax cuts while also seeking budget cuts.

After reviewing a fatal accident that occurred more than a year ago, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is calling for a nationwide ban on the non-emergency use of personal-electronic devices while driving.

After reviewing a fatal accident that occurred more than a year ago, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is calling for a nationwide ban on the non-emergency use of personal-electronic devices while driving.

Europes run-in with severe Windstorm Friedhelm is not expected to produce significant insurance claims despite hurricane-force wind gusts, say experts.

Insurance brokers Aon and Marsh & McLennan Companies and seven insurers joined a group of 190 companies with a perfect 100 score on this year's Human Rights Campaign Foundations Corporate Equality Index.

Insurers look set to absorb natural catastrophe claims of over $100 billion in 2011, more than double the total for 2010, making it the second most costly natural disaster year on record, reinsurer Swiss Re said.

An assistant to former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush has been named regional manager and counsel for the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America in the Sunshine State.